Tag Archives: Skeptic

Mark Stevenson is a clever and funny man, so he became a comedian. But he is also a curious man with an open mind and a positive attitude towards new things, and so he toured the world and wrote a … Continue reading →

Last week I finished reading Bryan Caplan‘s new book “selfish reasons to have more kids” right in time before Russ Roberts discussed the book in this week’s econtalk. Caplan takes a skeptical look at the tendency of today’s parents to … Continue reading →

The April issue of the German Radiology Journal RöFo had another nice example of the consequences of homeopathy. As the article is behind a pay wall, I will try to summarize the main findings. A 40 year old woman presented … Continue reading →

The new scientist informed us today that the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology rejected a paper by Richard Wiseman, Chris French and Stuart Ritchie. They did what every decent researcher in the field should do, when they heard about … Continue reading →